Lea Späti
Doctoral Student
Department of Languages and Literatures
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About Lea Späti
About Me
My name is Lea Späti, and I am originally from Switzerland. I chose to stay in Gothenburg after completing my master’s program, inspired by my positive experience as an exchange student.
My Research
My research focuses on multilingualism and diglossia in healthcare within the German-speaking part of Switzerland. I investigate how various languages and varieties (of German) are used in interactions between medical staff and patients, with a particular interest in the challenges of communication when both Swiss German dialects and Standard German are employed in a multicultural healthcare environment.
Keywords:
- German linguistics
- Sociolinguistics
- Applied Linguistics
- Medical humanities
- Language attitudes
- Medicine and linguistics
- Medical communication
- Multilingualism
- Communication in healthcare
- Intercultural Communication